Harry Potter fans and embarrassing costumes: Dressing like Potter

Every Harry Potter fan has probably dressed like Harry and his friends for at least one occasion. But how bad was your look when you did it?

Harry Potter lends itself to fans dressing up. Whether it is for Halloween or birthday parties or for the premieres, we always tended to dress up like our favorite characters. And often times, it wasn’t the greatest of looks.

Before there was The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, many of us had to try and figure out our costumes all on our own without the help of just buying them. Which often meant our costumes were a little out there.

All of this is coming because I got a gift for Christmas that was a photo album from being a kid. Part of it? My attempt to dress like Hermione Granger after the premiere of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. It was bad and I didn’t wear my glasses so I could barely see all because I wanted to look the most like Hermione.

And it made me think ‘How many people have pictures like these?’ because let’s be real, we all wanted to be like Harry and his friends and that meant that we did so in whatever way we could. Mainly with black robes, bad glasses, and making our mom’s draw lightning bolts on our foreheads while we ran around with twigs.

It was the golden age of being a Harry Potter fan, even if we couldn’t easily buy our robes and wands. But still, the pictures are pretty amazing and show our love of the series.

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Do you have a picture of you dressed up like Harry, Ron, Hermione or any of your favorite characters? Send us your favorites! We love seeing fans dressing up!